| re: Ohio Light Opera 2018 Season | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:49 am EDT 10/17/17 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:46 am EDT 10/17/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Ohio Light Opera 2018 Season - Snowysdad 09:37 am EDT 10/17/17 | |
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| ...with the exception of The Merry Widow of course which is a masterpiece of great music. I wish I could feel that way, lol. I've never warmed to the score. Parts of it are fun, but I have to admit I find it generally a big snooze. Eh - one can't like everything, I guess. Back in college, I got to know Lehar's more obscure Zigeunerliebe ("Gypsy Love") which has some truly marvelous stuff in it - but it too, is uneven. (But there's this incredibly beautiful piece near the beginning with the soprano singing to the "gypsy's" violin obbligato - absolutely gorgeous.) It's hard for me to pick a "best" G&S, but Iolanthe is certainly a contender. It also has one of the best Act I Finale sequences of all the G&S's, IMO. It's also the first of the G&S's I got to conduct, in college - and I have a real soft spot in my heart for it. |
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